especial

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: es=pe=cial

CIDE DICTIONARY

especial, a. [OF. especial, F. spécial, L. specialis, fr. species a particular sort, kind, or quality. See Species, and cf. Special.].

 Distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special; concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; as, in an especial manner or degree.

Syn. -- Peculiar; special; particular; uncommon; chief. See Peculiar.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

especial, adj.
1 notable, exceptional.
2 attributed or belonging chiefly to one person or thing (your especial charm).

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L specialis special

THESAURUS

especial

absolute, certain, concrete, defined, definite, detailed, determinate, different, distinct, distinguished, dominant, esoteric, exceptional, express, extraordinary, fixed, individual, inner, intimate, minute, notable, noteworthy, paramount, particular, personal, precise, predominant, preeminent, preponderant, private, respective, set, several, singular, solipsistic, special, specific, supreme, surpassing, unusual

ROGET THESAURUS

especial

Speciality

N speciality, specialite, individuality, individuity, particularity, peculiarity, idiocrasy, personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy, specificness, singularity, reading, version, lection, state, trait, distinctive feature, technicality, differentia, particulars, details, items, counts, minutiae, I, self, I myself, myself, himself, herself, itself, special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive, singular, idiomatic, idiotypical, typical, this, that, yon, yonder, specially, especially, particularly, in particular, in propria persona, ad hominem, for my part, each, apiece, one by one, one at a time, severally, respectively, each to each, seriatim, in detail, in great detail, in excruciating detail, in mind-numbing detail, bit by bit, pro hac vice, pro re nata, namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia, e, g, i, e, videlicet, viz, to wit, le style est l'homme meme.